{"id":3397,"date":"2025-05-23T00:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T00:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tat.capital\/?p=3397"},"modified":"2025-07-15T02:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:55:41","slug":"macro-economic-reflections-impacts-on-australian-businesses-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tat.capital\/?p=3397","title":{"rendered":"Macro-Economic Reflections &amp; Impacts on Australian Businesses: Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3397\" class=\"elementor elementor-3397\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-489f29e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"489f29e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42bd461 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42bd461\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Macro-Economic Reflections & Impacts on Australian Businesses: Summary<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-114fc32 hfe-post-info-layout-inline elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info-widget\" data-id=\"114fc32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"hfe-post-info-inline hfe-post-info-items hfe-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"hfe-post-info-item elementor-repeater-item-d2be411 hfe-post-info-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tat.capital\/?m=20250523\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hfe-post-info-text hfe-post-info__item hfe-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMay 23, 2025\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"hfe-post-info-item elementor-repeater-item-c6d7156 hfe-post-info-inline-item\"> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hfe-post-info-text hfe-post-info__item hfe-post-info__item--type-time\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12:26 am\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0706208 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0706208\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tat Ignite: A Webinar Series to engage our clients on current topics that affect the industry, business and portfolio companies.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b533e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26b533e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;\">* How global trade will impact pre-COVID and post-COVID?&nbsp;<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;\">* &nbsp;How the changes in global landscape impact Australian businesses?&nbsp;<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;\">* &nbsp;The impact on current supply chain setup for business owners or stakeholders in global trade.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;\">* &nbsp;How are the potential global trade implications going to impact your supply chain and supply chain financing in the foreseeable future?&nbsp;<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;\">* &nbsp;How do you prepare and face the headwinds expected in the current markets?<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;\">&nbsp;<\/em><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: left;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: 600;\">Summary<\/span>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; text-align: left;\"><em style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><\/em><\/p><ul style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-block: 5px 0px; padding-inline: 20px 0px; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">The fiscal response of governments to Covid-19 has been much more proactive than the past issues.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">Major consensus such as easing of trade restrictions;&nbsp;recovery building through 2021 so that the trade output gets back to 2019Q4 levels by the end of 2021.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">The impact of Covid has affected 90% of the world economy, and has spread economic distress (there is widespread depression, uncertainty, cost cutting and an aversion to risk).<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">Governments are making efforts to support the economy and frame policies to assist recovery post the pandemic. It is critical that there is a robust framework to ensure bounce back of markets, once the government support is withdrawn in September 2020.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">There is a sharp rise in unemployment in Australia despite Jobkeeper (over 10% in three months).<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">Few highlights from the Treasurers Speech to National Press Club on 5th May 2020 \u2013 Reskilling of workers, new infrastructure projects to maintain $100 billion ten-year pipeline, regulatory reform to reduce the cost burden, and tax and industrial relations reform to increase competitiveness.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">Global Trade volumes may drop by 13 \u2013 32% in 2020; global economy may shrink by 3% in 2020 from previous growth projection of 3.4%, more than 60% expect trade flows to decline by at least 60% in 2020.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">The pandemic has accentuated the trend of alternative finance providers over banks, who can provide access to faster and more agile funding to help navigate the effects of Covid-19.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">Large banks have announced several supportive measures such as one-month maturity extension on trade loans, flexibility to convert unutilised trade lines into a revolving line for six months, interest \/ fee waivers, tenure extensions, alternative settlement arrangements, options to restructure borrowing and trade credit facilities, etc.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">Supply chain finance (SCF)&nbsp;has risen in popularity as a lower-cost source of funding for suppliers and a means of stabilising supply chain for buyers.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">With the current market cash crunch, there are several issues with debtor finance and therefore supply chain financing is becoming handy for businesses.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey pointed to emergency SCF as a likely solution for firms struggling with the impact of Covid-19.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">The Corporate Sector will be looking for new markets to set up a manufacturing base as Covid &amp;&nbsp;US tariffs affect production units in China. Prospective markets &#8211; India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brazil, Mexico.<\/li><li style=\"padding-block: 5px; padding-inline: 0px; list-style: inherit; text-align: left;\">With insufficient data and the unpredictable pandemic that has affected countries world-wide, it is impossible to predict the future of existing economic problems such as debt, asset prices, productivity, and protectionism. 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